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The Sudden Quiet

by Johann Diedrick

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Twilight 15:00
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Daybreak 15:00

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These are two field recordings I made exactly one year ago during the height of the pandemic in New York City. A few days after making the recordings, I wrote:

"It is impossible to not notice how much more quiet the world has become during this time of global pandemic. With the reduction of human activity outside, the ambient noise floor around us has decreased and our sonic environment is less punctuated by the sounds of human activity (commuting, playing in parks, parties and nightlife) that we often associate with a thriving society. Many have welcomed this transition as a moment to hear more closely to our shared soundscape, as noises once impossible to hear over the loudness are now able to reveal themselves. Others find this silence a grim indication that these times are now ones of stillness, inactivity, and death. For me, I wanted to make field recordings of this moment, described by some as The Sudden Quiet, as a record of how our sonic environment has radically changed during this outbreak, as a way to remember what it was like to live in this time of crisis."

- Johann Diedrick, April 10, 2020, Brooklyn, NY

Twilight - Recorded at Times Square, April 4th 2020 around 7pm

Daybreak - Recorded outside of my apartment window, April 5th 2020, around 6am

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released April 5, 2021

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quiet music, weak sounds, soft noise, ambient pop

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